DFA Consular Office to open in Gen. Santos City
In her Executive Order 748 which she signed on August 28, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the opening of six more regional consular branches of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
These include the cities of Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, Puerto Princesa, Baguio and GENERAL SANTOS CITY!!!
Yes! You read it right.
A passporting office will be opening soon at the Tuna Capital!
Now the “generals” and the people of Socsargen won’t have to travel to Davao City anymore for their passport needs or wait for the DFA Davao people for their quarterly mobile passporting services in the city halls of GenSan or Koronadal or the provincial halls of Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat.
According to City Tourism Officer Cora Tito, every time that the mobile passporting services are conducted in GenSan, an average of 1,500 applications are received and processed at the city hall. That just goes to show the increasing number of people wanting to leave for abroad, either to seek for greener pastures or for just simple sight-seeing trip because of the low fares introduced by budget airlines.
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
glengonz Says:
thanks madame president!
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Kimberly Says:
Wow! this is great news kuya avel!
very convenient na for the ‘generals’
and peeps of neighboring towns and
provinces.
A wise move indeed! for sure, will make
everyone happy and gay! hehehe!
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 11:04 AM
metalbite Says:
Wow! Congrats Gensan! Dili na ko muadtog Davao diay! Maayo na lang.
Thanks for the news bariles.
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Ache Says:
That’s very good news indeed! A lot of people will be served in the Socsargen area, wala ng hassle
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 11:59 AM
orman Says:
ay galeng-galeng naman!
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 12:09 PM
jinky borela Says:
wow! good news talaga to specially para sa mga nag aaspire mag work abroad. . .I will post this article sa bulletin board namin for the applicants to read. . .
Tnx for the info, sir vel! Keep it coming. . .
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 12:11 PM
gensanite Says:
great news indeed!!!
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 12:39 PM
sheng Says:
what good news! Kelan kaya? I’m itching to have my passport changed to that machine readable one.
shengs last blog post..Blog Love No. 1
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 1:44 PM
boyette Says:
Manoy!
Paano na makalusot ng lakuatsa papuntang davao,ika nga alibi..
voighyette
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 1:54 PM
dina Says:
@boyette – May gulay naman…anu bang meron sa davao na wala pa sa gensan at doon pa maglakwatsa?…ka cheapan ha.
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 8:58 PM
archmykel Says:
That’s good news to all frequent travellers and those who plans to work abroad.
glad to hear that
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 9:32 PM
Paris Says:
Concrete governmental effort such as this is what we really want in times where most of us feel life’s hardships.
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 9:57 PM
jm_21052000 Says:
that’s good to hear
Go GenSan!
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Rue Ramas Says:
The question is WHEN?
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 8:35 AM
Karla Ann Says:
What took it so long? Happy to
know it though!
THIS IS JUST GREAT!!!!
– 18 SEPTEMBER 2008
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 8:56 AM
M.Valdez Says:
wow! dats great! kelan kaya yan? i cant wait for it. Pls hurry. hehehe
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 10:59 AM
blackmeat Says:
Ayos a.. When and Where? Ahehe!
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Oniram Says:
Sir Avel, that’s good news para sa atong tanan nga taga SOCSARGEN!!!
By the way Sir, thanks for keeping us update about GENSAN and SOCSARGEN areas.It help us keep posted about what’s going on in our hometown especially for people who are away from home like me. Thanks a lot and more power to you. God Bless………..
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 12:48 PM
jasper0127 Says:
Wow great hindi na tayo mahirapan magkuha or magrenew ng passport kay andito na sa Gensan. Buti nalang dito sa atin city ilalagay ang DFA office hindi sa Marbel.
Thanks Madam President talagang loyal ako sa inyo ever since senator pa ang tinakbohan nyo.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 12:54 PM
none_air Says:
i love you PGMA sana dadami pa projects mo sa gensan.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 3:46 PM
miko Says:
maayo kaayo na nga balita sir bariles..! no need for us to go to davao city for consular services…. DFA is just near in our doorstep…
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Joana Grace Says:
Great news!
Joana Graces last blog post..A Scholarship From University of South Carolina
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 6:18 PM
epm Says:
This is really cool. General Santos City has become one of the prime cities of Mindanao.
Posted on September 17th, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Toinks Says:
@epm – Matagal naman nang prime metropolis ng Mindanao ang GenSan di po ba?…and she will always be.
Posted on September 18th, 2008 at 8:48 PM
lourdes Says:
vel, thanks for the information. pls keep me updated. this is a good news for our fishermen not to travel to davao during the wee hours of the morning just to get priority numbers and queue.
/mlpvd
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 12:44 PM
jakwt Says:
I’m hoping also the POEA/OWWA offices para di na kailangan pupunta sa davao to pay balik-mangagawa
Posted on September 21st, 2008 at 6:12 PM
White knight Says:
Wow ! Congrats to our City and the whole province of Socsargen.
Posted on September 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 AM
naxjho Says:
asa na pud na ibutang ang opisina ddto na pud sa likod sa city hall nga nanimahong ihi na man gani to ddto…
mas maaau na kay wa nay davao..di na kakiat ang uban…or katulog sa hotel…motel ug uban pang ek-ekan channel ..hehehehee!!ilabina sa mga OFW na mga trabahador ..hehehehehhehe…asa ka DO??di na ka-ikyas!!beeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 6:03 PM
bariles Says:
@Glengonz, I hope GMA reads this. Hehehe.
@Kim – this will make it very convenient for everyone indeed.
@Metalbite, thanks and welcome to Bariles Republic.
@Ache, I agree. No more hassles.
@Ormz, so when are you renewing your passport?
@Jinky, that’s nice. Thanks for finding this useful.
@Gensanite, thanks too.
Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 6:37 PM
bariles Says:
Sheng, according to my friend, if your passport is machine-readable, you pass through immigration very easily. I have to switch to that too.
@Boyette, ikaw gyud ha?
@Dina, hehehe! Awayin mo nga!
@Archmykel, good news for us again.
@Paris, if government just do its work, then we will all be living well.
@JM, go gensan go!
@Rue, yeah. That’s the question of all questions this time.
@Karla, better late than never daw kasi. Hehehe!
Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 6:54 PM
orman Says:
kahit sa 2011 pa expiry ng passport ko gusto ko nang baguhin to the machine readable passport. kasi nung recent trip ko sa india, nakasimangot ang immigration officer nang tanggapin ang passport ko… kasi nga hindi machine readable and he had to type all the information pa… hahahaha… emote ever lang ako at baka deny ang pagpasok ko…
ormans last blog post..nakakapagod.
Posted on September 26th, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Ella Says:
Ay tnx naman, at least if ever maka abroad ako… di na ko mag adto ug davao,para lang magkuha ug pasport…mahal tawon ang pamasahe…
Posted on September 26th, 2008 at 4:08 PM
archmykel Says:
hi orms, i read somewhere that regardless of when our passport wil expire we have to change all green passport to the brown passport by 2010
Posted on September 27th, 2008 at 10:59 PM
gladz Says:
hay salamat di nko mamiliti pa davao!
Posted on September 28th, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Jinky Says:
hi, sir vel. the representative of DFA is here sa office ngaun, They’re looking for a place to rent – more or less 200 square meters daw sana floor area. meron kau alam?
Posted on October 10th, 2008 at 8:40 AM
orman Says:
try verifying with gaisano mall management. look for michael sarenas. they just might have a space for dfa.
ormans last blog post..nakakapagod.
Posted on October 10th, 2008 at 1:39 PM
jinky borela Says:
Tnx sir orms! I already texted them re: gaisano space. Tnx for the info. Happy weekend!
Posted on October 10th, 2008 at 4:50 PM